contributed by Shirley MOLLER
The Petition of the Freeholders and Freemen of all S:ts Parish in Frederick County Praying a Division of the said Parish after the death of the present IncumbentPETITIONS OF FREEHOLDERS AND FREEMEN OF ALL SAINTS PARISH IN FREDERICK COUNTY FOR ITS DIVISION INTO TWO PARISHES
There are three of these petitions, each bearing a large number of signatures that were apparently circulated in different parts of All Saints Parish, which may be designated as (1), (2), and (3). All three petitions are practically identical as to their wording so the preamble of only the first one is given; the list of signatures alone being printed for petitions (2) and (3). A number of the names are those of Germans. The signatures in German script of some of them are scarcely decipherable. In such cases the names are either omitted in whole or in part or are queried. (The only changes were for better readability, capitalized surnames and a dash between the names on the same line.)
Petition 1
To His Excellency Hor:o Sharpe Esq.r Governour of Maryland, And the Honour.ble the Upper and Lower Houses of Assembly, of said Province now Convened. The Petetion of the Freeholders and Freemen of Allsaints Parish in Frederick County humbly Sheweth -- That Whereas the afores.d Parish, from its Vast Extent, and great Number of People residing therein, has rendered it Impracticable, for any one Clergyman, to discharge his Function in such a manner, as to Improve and Edify the People, so Amply and fully, as Christianity and the Nature of the thing requires. We are to Inform your Excellency and Hon., that the Thirty poll of the said Parish, amounts at present to near Eighty Thousand pounds of Tobacco. And that the said Parish includes the whole County, Except a small part between Senecar and Rock-creek; which being abstracted from the other, the Parish Remains then above a hundred and fifty miles in length, beside sits Extent every way, as it is now peopled at present. From this in- convenience, the Word of God, and Christian knowledge, is much Impeded and hindered. Numbers of the Parishioners cannot go to Church at all: and others, (who otherways being well-wishers to the Orthodox reformed Religion of the Church of England) have their Children Baptiz'd, by dissenting Ministers and others again, joyn themselves in Worship with others Sectaries, as Quakers &c. Your Petetioners therefore pray your Excell :cy and Honrs, to take our state and Circumstances into your most serious Consideration; and grant that an Act may Pass, for the Dividing the said Parish, which may be in force, immediately after the Death of the Rev.d Sam.l Hunter, our present Incumbent, that your Petetioners may have the free Exercise of the Word of God preached to us, and the Sacraments duly Admin- ister'd to our Edification and Comfort. We pray for the Dividing line, to begin at the mouth of Manockacy, and to run up with the said Creek, 'til it Intersects the Pensilvanian Line. The lower part of which Division will be a compact Uniform Parish, and wo'd amount by the Number of Taxables at present, to upwards of Twenty Seven Thousand pounds of Tob :o, which we pray maybe a distinct Parish by another name. And your Petetioners as in duty bound will ever pray ----
[Names on Petition 1]George NORRIS Alexr PEARRE - John JACOBS Jona: WILLSON - Phillip PINDELL Thos: KIRK - William SAER Jno: RAWLINGS - Garah DAVIS Jn: RAWLINGS - Jonathan MARKLAND John VEATCH - Wadsworth WILSON Charles BUSSEY William HAIES - Jeremiah VEATCH Joseph HARRIS - Thos. HOWARD James VEATCH juner - Thomas APPLETON Benjamin VEATCH - Alex: MAGRUDER Hendery ALLISON - William MACKAY William WILSON - James BEALL Josieas BEENS - Edward NICHOLLS Jno. TANNEHILL - Gabril HUGHS Nathan VEATCH - Robt: MITCHELL Thos. HYNTON Junr - Ezek: GOSLEN Vachell HINTON - Charles HAYES Geo. LYNTON Junr - Jeremiah HAYES Michaell DOWDEN - James VEATCH Senr John HINTON - Daniel VEATCH Stephen HAMPTON - Ninnian VEATCH Thomas HINTON Senr - Jno. NORRIS Thomas LEOSHEAR - Thomas VEATCH Jams. COFFEE - John JOHNSON Jacob TOWNSHEND - A.B. CLK Robt. CONSTABLE - Thos. JOHNSON Junr Geo: BUSSEY - Basil HAY Thos. STEWART - Hugh ROBY Edward DARNALL - Ephraim DAVIS Newton CHISWELL - John HARRISS Thos: BIRDWHISTLE - Samuel LINTON[Names on Petition 2]
Ninian BEALL Senr - Edwd: WILSON Thos. WALTON - John PLUMMER Joseph BEALL son of Ninian Gilbert CRUM - Nathll: BEALL Barnet COLE - Timothy WHITEHEAD Thos: PLUMMER - Zephaniah WADE George HINKLE - Wm BREASHAR Jeremiah PLUMMER - Edwd: BUSEY John ALLISON - Arr. LEE Isaac REN - Garl. FITCHGER Abner LEWIS - Jno. VEATCH Abraham CRUM - Richard BEALL Gisbert CRUM - Edwd: WILSON Henry FIELD - Edwd: JONES Zachariah LOW - Thos. KIRK Jur Jams: SOPER - Philip COFFEE Nath WICKHAM - Jno. ARMSTRONG Danil KENEDY - Jn ESSEX Pool WOLF - Jno: MADDAN Junr Joseph JUSTICE - W. NASHON George TRUCK - George CLARK Saml. READS - Jno. GREENUP George BROWNE - Saml. CASEL Richard SIMPSON - Wm. BEALL Warfield HALL - Wonly BEAN William WILLIAMS - Philip TURNER John CARMACK - Nicholas RHOADES Curnelas CROM - Samuel PLUMER Dennis HENSEY - Nichos. TRASPAN John JUSTICE Junr - Wm. McDONALD Stephen RICHARD Junr - Andrew YOUNG George SPANGLE - Michel NULL Thos: LOGSDON - Thos: DURBIN John DURBIN - James LOGUE John FOWLER - Samuel DURBIN Richard WELLS - William DURBIN George BROWN Junr - John WILLES Daniel JAMES - Joseph WRITE George BECRAFT - Amos WRITE Jacob NICHOLS - Edwd: BELL Jams: McDONALD - John JUSTICE Senr Archibald CAMPBELL - George HALLNames on Petition 3]
Samuell ELLIS - Willm LAYTON Zacha: ELLIS - James LAYTON James ELLIS - William HICKMAN Daniel STEWARD - Stephen HICKMAN Jas. FYFFE - Isaac ETTINGE Thos. ELY - Joshu HICKMAN Junr John TALBERT Senr - James GORE John TALBERT Junr - James RIMMER John ALLISON Junr - John BAXTER Gavin HEWITT - John GROVES Thomas COUR - Charles HOPKINS Arthur HICKMAN - George WILLSON Geo JEWELL - James Mareen GORE Richd. MEYRICK - Cheany JOYCE Griffit MEYRICK - James RIGS Sener John WALTER - James RIGS Juner Daniel WALTER - Philip RYCURT Willm GALLFORD - James B___ Joseph LOCKERD - Thos DAWSON Henery HICKMAN - Robt LAMAR David HICKMAN - Charles COATS Solomon HICKMAN - Richard TAYLER Jno. WILCOXON - Sylas VEATCH Isa: BAKER - Wm. NORRIS Jacob BAKER - William WHEAT Junr John FLETCHALL - Robt. WILSON Charles NOLL - Wm S___ or L___ Ezek HICKMAN - Charles WATTS John LATON - Richard KERBY
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